Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 4 - 2004-05

Posted Jun 28, 2020
Never has a senior class at North Carolina gone from one end of the spectrum to the other quite like the 2004-05 Tar Heels. From the worst season in school history (8-20) as freshmen to winning the national championship. Jawad Williams, Melvin Scott, and Jackie Manuel can speak of an experience like nobody else that has been a part of this fabled program. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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